Iraqi Parliament Speaker Re-Resigns

For the second time in less than a week, Iraq's Parliament Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani has announced his official resignation from his position. Assuming this resignation lasts longer than the previous one, Iraq's parliament, which Mashhadani previously suspended...

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Russia Giving Iran ‘Only Defensive Weapons’

Via a statement by its military-technical cooperation agency, Russia once again denied that it intended to supply the S-300 surface-to-air missile system to Iran, a denial it has repeated throughout the week over persistent Israeli concerns and comments from Iranian...

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US Drone Strikes Kill Eight in South Waziristan

A US drone launched a series of missile strikes today in Pakistan's South Waziristan Agency, killing eight and injuring an unknown number of others. The attacks hit two vehicles in separate villages in the area early in the morning. The first strike also destroyed a...

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Securing the Khyber Pass: Who Pays?

It has been over a week since the Pakistani government promised to deploy its paramilitary Frontier Corps to protect supply trucks being delivered to NATO forces in Afghanistan. The attacks continue, but shipments have crawled to a virtual halt. While all the sides...

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